This morning court session was over for a long time, but everyone was still discussing the matter heatedly.
Emperor Yuanfeng called Song Xiangyu to the imperial study alone. As soon as he entered the room, he threw a memorial at Song Xiangyu with a bang, making Song Xiangyu cry out in pain.
"You cried so sincerely before!" Emperor Yuanfeng looked at him unhappily and snorted, "Why didn't I hear you mention that Abin was also involved in this matter!?"
Song Xiangyu called out "cousin" with a bitter face, followed him hesitantly, and shrank his neck bitterly: "What does Abin know? He is a brainless person. He must have been tricked by Xu Ying!"
When Emperor Yuanfeng saw him approaching, he asked sullenly, "So you concealed this part and simply put all the responsibility on Xu Ying alone? And you are still pursuing the Xu family relentlessly?"
He looked at Song Xiangyu with scrutiny in his eyes.
Song Xiangyu seemed unaware and retorted confidently, "How can this be called relentless pursuit? Cousin, you know the situation in my family. Yaohua has never liked Heng and hates Heng to death, so Abin and the other children also followed suit to exclude Heng. This is true, but does Abin really have the brains to come up with such a frame-up? If he really did, I wouldn't worry about the lack of successors in the Marquisate."
Emperor Yuanfeng said nothing.
Song Xiangyu was angry: "As for buying poison, yes, I admit that Abin might have gone with him. But how could Abin have the ability to find such poison? After all, wasn't it the Xu family who provided the manpower? Besides, Xu Ying sent people to kill Uncle Jiang and his group, and he did it with a fatal move. Did I wrongly accuse him? He wanted to kill Ayuan and ruin Abin's future. Most importantly, he wanted Aheng to die!"
After saying this, Song Xiangyu was a little depressed: "Cousin, Dad has already scolded me. I made this incident and made Ah Heng's position in the family even more awkward. Yaohua blamed me, and Ah Bin and Ah Yuan also hated me. I really want to go back to my hometown... As for Xu Yonghong, I just think he is not a good person!"
"Are you done?" Emperor Yuanfeng looked up at him and said, "Go back and reflect on yourself!"
Song Xiangyu sighed and came up to him bitterly: "Cousin, could it be that Xu Yonghong deliberately let Xu Ying harm us..."
Emperor Yuanfeng glared at him.
Song Xiangyu stopped talking and muttered quietly: "Don't blame me for talking nonsense. Look at the attitude of his family at the beginning. Who would believe that they are not targeting us?"
After he walked out muttering to himself, Emperor Yuanfeng raised his head and looked at his back with a changing gaze.
After Song Xiangyu left the palace, he went straight home without saying a word and went to pay his respects to the old man first.
Song Che was drinking tea with an old man. When he saw him coming back in a hurry, he ignored him at first and told him to talk about it later.
Song Xiangyu, however, was like someone on fire and couldn't stop. He asked the old man anxiously, "Master Qingyuan, where is your disciple?"
The old man chuckled, took a sip of tea, raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't mention it. I haven't seen him since I came back. I heard from Liu Jie that he went to see some girl from the Bo Mansion. When he was a child, he didn't even need the help of a Taoist nun to take a bath. Now look..."
Song Xiangyu spat out all the tea that he hadn't drunk yet. He wiped his mouth without even coughing and looked at him helplessly: "Don't be funny, Taoist priest. Something big has happened!"
He repeated word for word what happened in the hall today.
Song Che paused while pouring tea for Taoist Qingyuan. After pouring the tea, he put the teapot aside and said expressionlessly, "He really deserves his nickname of wise general. His moves are indeed powerful, accurate and ruthless."
"Not only that." Song Xiangyu stopped his nonsense in the hall and said with a sullen face: "He dragged Ah Heng into every sentence, and he came prepared. He used the tactic of retreating to advance to perfection. I had to retreat more thoroughly than him, but I am afraid that I can't keep Ah Heng's affairs secret for much longer..."
Not long after the rumor got out, Song Heng was framed.
This time, the Chengguo Mansion was showing weakness and seeking a way out, but it was also testing the waters.
Song Xiangyu originally wanted to take the Crown Prince's wife and others back to his hometown to avoid the storm so that people would pay less attention to the Song family. However, it was revealed by the Chengguo Mansion that Song Zhibin was also involved in the frame-up of Song Heng, and now the focus is on Song Heng again.
It is unusual in itself that everyone in the Song family cares so much about Song Heng.
Song Xiangyu's withdrawal now may have a different meaning in the eyes of some people.
He showed his anxiety now, and angrily cursed: "This Xu Yonghong is so slippery! Dad, this time we will fight him to the death."
Originally, Song Heng killed Xu Ying with the intention of protecting Song Zhibin from being implicated.
But Xu Yonghong values Xu Ying more than his life.
He sighed.
Song Che was not panicked at all. He glanced at his son, then looked at the old man drinking tea in silence, and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Even if this incident hadn't happened, we would still fight to the death."
From the moment they chose Song Heng, some conflicts were inevitable.
Song Xiangyu also knew this truth. He was just a little annoyed: "But Ah Heng's identity is a problem after all. If Ah Heng's identity is exposed after all this, then His Majesty will definitely think that we have other intentions. Not only Ah Heng, but also our family will not be able to get away..."
"It can't be hidden anymore." Taoist Qingyuan slowly put down the teacup and said indifferently: "After this incident, Duke Chengguo... oh no, Marquis Anning will never let it go. He will definitely investigate further."
Until death.
Song Xiangyu was sweating profusely. He clenched his fist and smashed the bonsai beside him fiercely, saying angrily: "I just don't believe that the emperor can really kill his own grandson?!"
"Your Majesty can't." Taoist Master Qingyuan hit the nail on the head: "But others can."
The murderer behind the murder of the prince many years ago.
Today's Zhuang and Xu Yonghong, even the Fifth Prince and the Pang family.
If Song Heng's background were really exposed, these people would probably turn their guns against him.
The title of the former crown prince was ambiguous, and there was no conclusion or explanation until now as to whether he was deposed or not. This was enough for them to kill Song Heng. Once the title of the former crown prince was confirmed, Song Heng would be the legitimate eldest grandson of the emperor. There was also a precedent in the previous dynasty of sacrificing sons to establish the crown prince.
The atmosphere was somewhat heavy, and Song Xiangyu finally asked worriedly: "Then... what about Ah Heng?"
The wind, frost and sword are pressing hard.
The situation seems to be extremely serious, but they are like trapped beasts. Is there really no other way